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River Flood Advisory 7, NWS Charleston, WV

January 8, 2009Upshur County, West Virginia

NWS Charleston, WV issued this river flood advisory at Jan 8, 2009, 4:38 AM EST for Upshur County, West Virginia. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2009, 4:38 AM EST (09:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 8, 2009, 9:00 AM EST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV

County Upshur County, WV

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Buckhannon River at Buckhannon (BKNW2).

Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03052450, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 4:38 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryRLXBarbour8 hr
Jan 8, 4:38 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryRLXBarbour4 hr
Jan 8, 3:03 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryRLXBarbour, Taylor, Upshur7 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in West Virginia, 2009Every river flood advisory in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.